# Verisign drops .name termination plan, domain holder says

_Published Tuesday, November 10, 2026 at 1:19 PM EST · Infrastructure · Latest · Tier 2 — Notable_

Verisign is retracting a plan to terminate 22,000 domain names and email redirects, affected domain holder Neil Fraser said. Existing third-level .name domains and email redirects will remain indefinitely, while new registrations for third-level domains will close.

Fraser described a campaign involving formal reconsideration requests, legal work, letters of support and an in-person appeal to ICANN in Bali. The reversal preserves existing addresses but does not keep the registration service open to new users.

## Sources

- [neil.fraser.name](https://neil.fraser.name/news/2026/11/10/)

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